Official reports of the town of Wayland 1905-1908, Part 11

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 498


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2. In case of extreme necessity, the superintendent may grant excuses for special cause.


3. Any pupil not in his seat at the stroke of the last bell, promptly at the hour for school to begin, shall be considered tardy.


Exception. Pupils who are late because of the late arrival of barges or electric cars shall not be considered tardy, unless they loiter or delay after arrival.


4. Excuses for tardiness may be granted at the discretion of the teacher.


5. Any pupil having been absent shall be required to bring a written excuse from parent, or guardian, stating the reason for the absence. In case the written excuse is not brought, the absence will stand unexcused.


6. All absences excused must be so recorded in the register.


7. When a pupil is apparently absent without sufficient cause, the teacher shall notify the truant officer promptly.


8. Pupils under five years of age will not be admitted, except by permission of the school committee. (Children who are five years old by the end of the fall term will usually be admitted. )


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9. Children will be admitted to the first grade only at the beginning of the fall term, except by special permission of the school committee. (" The beginning of the fall term " will include the first two weeks.)


10. Pupils who enter a school in town for the first time must present a vaccination certificate properly filled out and certified, or a certificate stating that the pupil is an unfit subject for vaccination, before being admitted.


11. Pupils who are perfect in attendance and punctuality for any school month may be dismissed one hour before the close of school on the afternoon of the last school day of the school month.


12. Any pupil outside of school age, less than seven or more than fourteen years of age, who is absent unexcused for more than five whole days or ten half days in any period of six months may be suspended until assurance is given of regular attendance.


SCHOOL SESSIONS.


1. WAYLAND : High School- 8.45 A. M to 1.15 P. M.


(Ten minutes for recess. )


Grades-


8.45 A. M to 2.15 P. M. (Fifty-five minutes for re- cesses, physical culture, and intermission. ) 9.00 A. M to 11.30 A. M.


COCHITUATE : Grades-


1.00 p. M. to 3.30 P. M. (Twenty-five minutes for recesses and physical cul- ture.)


2. The school hours as indicated must be strictly observed.


3. Pupils in the first grade may be dismissed at recess during the first and second school months, and fifteen minutes before the close of the session thereafter.


4. The bell shall be rung five minutes before the beginning of the school session, and the pupils shall at once enter the schoolroom and take their seats ready for work. The last bell promptly on time shall be the signal for the school exercises to begin.


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Rules and Regulations.


5. The door shall be opened at least fifteen minutes before the beginning of the school session.


6. Teachers may detain pupils after school or in extra session for the purpose of making up lost time or deficiency in lessons or application for a time not to exceed one-half hour in the grades and one hour in the high school, except in case of pupils who are carried by barge.


Note : - Pupils in the grades at Wayland may go home for luncheon at intermission on condition that they are not tardy for the afternoon session.


TRUANT OFFICER.


.. It shall be the duty of the truant officer to investigate fully each case of truancy, to take such action as the circumstances warrant and the law directs, and to report the results of his investi- gation to the teacher and to the superintendent.


2. He shall exert all possible influence with the parents and guardians to secure the regular attendance of their children.


3. He shall present an annual report of his doings to the school committee on the 1st day of March of each year, giving the number of cases investigated and the action taken thereon, together with such additional information as he may deem advisable, or the school committee may require.


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EXTRACTS FROM SCHOOL LAWS ATTENDANCE.


(Revised Laws, Chapter 44.)


By chapter three hundred and twenty, acts of 1905, section one of chapter forty-four, is amended to read, in part, as follows :-


From section 1. " Every child between seven and fourteen years of age, and every child under sixteen years of age who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language, shall attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session . . ." Every person having under his control a child as described in this section shall cause him to attend school as herein required, and if he fails for five day sessions or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months . . . to cause the child to attend school he shall . . be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars .. . "


The attendance of a child shall not be required : (a) " If attend- ing a private day school approved by the school committee," or is being " otherwise instructed ... in the branches of learning re- quired by law "; (b) " If he has already acquired such branches of learning "; (c) " If his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient."


TRUANCY. (Revised Laws, Chapter 44.)


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From section 3. " A child between seven and fourteen years of age who wilfully and habitually absents himself from school . . . shall be deemed to be an habitual truant, and . . . may, if a boy,


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be committed to a county truant school . . and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls .. "


From section 4. " A child between seven and sixteen years of age who may be found wandering about the streets or public places, . . . having no lawful occupation, habitually not attending school, and growing up in idleness and ignorance, shall be deemed to be an habitual absentee, . . . " and is liable to commitment as in section three.


From section 5. " A child under fourteen years of age who per- sistently violates the reasonable regulations of the school which he attends, or otherwise persistently misbehaves therein, so as to render himself a fit subject for exclusion therefrom, shall be deemed to be an habitual school offender; ." and be liable to commitment as in section three.


EMPLOYMENT.


(Revised Laws, Chapter 106.)


By chapter two hundred and sixty-seven, Acts of 1905, section twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and six is amended so as to read, in part as follows :


Section 28. No child under the age of fourteen years and no child who is over fourteen and under sixteen years of age who does not have a certificate as required . .. certifying to the child's ability to read at sight and to write legibly simple sentences in the English language shall be employed in any factory, workshop or mercantile establishment .


2. No certificate (age and schooling) .. . shall be approved by any person for a minor under the age of sixteen years who in- tends to be employed in a factory, workshop or mercantile estab- lishment, unless such person is satisfied that such minor is able to read at sight and to write legibly simple sentences in the English language.


From Section 29. " No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed in a factory, workshop or mercantile establishment unless his employer procures and keeps on file . . . an age and schooling certificate . . . "


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From Section 30. " An age and schooling certificate shall be ap- proved only by the Superintendent, or by a person authorized by him in writing . . . "


From Section 32. " The age and schooling certificate of a minor under sixteen years of age shall not be approved and signed until he presents to the person who is authorized to approve and sign it an employment ticket duly filled out and signed . . . "


Children between fourteen and sixteen years of age who apply for an age and schooling certificate must bring an employment ticket properly filled out by their intending employer and be ac- companied by parent, guardian or custodian. Employment ticket blanks may be procured from the superintendent.


CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (Revised Laws, Chapter 75.)


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From section 51. " The board of health . . . shall give immediate information to the school committee of all contagious diseases ... reported to them."


(Revised Laws, Chapter 44.)


By chapter three hundred and seventy-one, Acts of 1906, section six of chapter forty-four is amended to read as follows :


Section 6. " A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certi- ficate signed by a regular practicing physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a member of a household in which a person is ill with small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infectious or contagious disease, or of a household exposed to such contagion from another household as aforesaid, shall not attend any public school during such illness until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the city or town, or from the attending physician of such person, stating that the danger of conveying such disease by such child is passed."


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MEDICAL INSPECTION.


(Acts of 1906, Chapter 502.)


From section 1. " The school committee of every city and town in the Commonwealth shall appoint one or more school physicians, shall assign one to each public school within its city or town, and shall provide them with all proper facilities for the performance of their duties .


From section 2. " Every school physician shall make a prompt examination and diagnosis of all children referred to him as hereinafter provided, and such further examination of teachers, janitors and school buildings as in his opinion the protection of the health of the pupils may require."


From section 3. " The school committee shall cause to be re- ferred to a school physician for examination and diagnosis every child returning to school without a certificate from the board of health after absence on account of illness or unknown cause; and every child in the schools under its jurisdiction who shows signs of being in ill health or of suffering from infectious or contagious disease, unless he is at once excluded from school by the teacher ... "


From section 4. " The school committee shall cause notice of the disease or defects, if any, from which any child is found to be suffering to be sent to his parent or guardian. Whenever a child shows symptoms of smallpox, scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox, tuberculosis, diphtheria or influenza, tonsilitis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies, or trachoma, he shall be sent home immediately, or as soon as safe and proper conveyance can be found, and the board of health shall be at once notified."


From section 5. The school committee of every city and town shall cause every child in the public schools to be separately and carefully tested and examined at least once every school year to ascertain whether he is suffering from defective sight or hearing or from any other disability or defect tending to prevent his receiving the full benefit of his school work, or requiring a modification of the school work in order to prevent injury to the child or to secure the best educational results. The tests of sight and hearing shall be


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made by teachers. The committee shall cause notice of any defect or disability requiring treatment to be sent to the parent or guardian of the child, and shall require a physical record of each child to be kept in such form as the state board of education shall prescribe."


From section 7. " The expense which a city or town may incur . . . shall not exceed the amount appropriated for that purpose . . . The appropriation shall precede any expenditure or any indebted- ness which may be incurred under this act, and the sum appropriated shall be deemed a sufficient appropriation. . . . "


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Financial Statement.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Fiscal Year, March 1, 1906, to March 1, 1907.


The following named amounts were approved for payment to the persons, firms and corporations against whose names they are severally set, from the several school accounts as indicated, viz. : --


WAGES, FUEL AND CARE ACCOUNT. WAGES OF TEACHERS.


Harold M. Jones.


$1,124 00


Jane E. Avery


471 80


Ethel E. Caryl


416 80


Mary A. Mulliken


316 20


Martha L. Stanwood


184 20


Frances S. Whiting


151 20


M. Louise Spencer


144 00


Mary E. Purcell


144 00


Marie L. Leach


402 00


Anna K. Sheriden


151 20


Mary D. Fullick


402 00


Grace C. Loker


397 60


Mary J. Stickney


200 00


Agnes E. Boland


126 75


Jennie R. Bean


81 12


Helen L. Russell


239 40


Carolyn B. Baston


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196 00


.


Olive P. Ladd


369 00


Walter K. Putney


291 89


Mary A. Mahoney


151 20


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Ethel F. Smith


$228 00


Mary W. Foley


250 80


Meritt Jenkins


462 14


Florence Benedict


121 68


George Benedict


12 48


Bessie M. Brackett


88 80


Gertrude A Heath


81 90


Martina Messenger


2 00


Maud A. Hodges


4 40


Marion D. Ames


17 50


Josephine Dunham


28 80


FUEL.


S. Rodman Snelling


$3 50


Robinson & Jones


18 35


George A. Foote


366 68


CARE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.


John F. Burke


$449 96


J. Charles Vincent


359 98


Grace C. Loker .


14 40


$8,471 73


TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS ACCOUNT.


Natick & Cochituate Street Railway Co. . $681 25


William Wheeler


564 20


Alexander Holmes


96 60


E. J. Gazzard


175 00


Matthew Temple


368 00


$1,885 05


REPAIRS ON SCHOOL BUILDINGS ACCOUNT. Fiske & Co. $6 86


Union Lumber Co. .


29 06


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Financial Statement.


D. J. Foley


$14 19


E. W. Small


11 20


Walworth Manufacturing Co.


2 89


Robb-Mumford Boiler Co.


134 83


Charles T. Lemoine


89


$199 92


SCHOOL SUPPLIES ACCOUNT.


Typewriter and Phonographic World


$1 00


Arthur W. Hall Scientific Co. 40 84


American Book Co.


34 76


John H. Tearle


7 75


Rand, McNally & Co.


28 50


D. C. Heath & Co.


27 52


Newson & Co.


47 42


Carter, Rice & Co.


3 50


Milton Bradley Co.


57 86


Cecil T. Bagnall


35 53


Silver Burdett & Co.


5 20


Thorp & Martin


5 10


Wadsworth Howland & Co.


7 61


Houghton, Mifflin & Co.


49 18


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.


5 07


Edward E. Babb & Co. .


92 19


D. Appleton & Co.


1 40


The Mckinley Publishing Co.


2 29


Ginn & Co.


157 50


Kenney Brothers & Wolkins


188 23


Powder House Novelty Co.


1 20


Oliver Ditson Co.


24 80


$824 45


SCHOOL INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


E. Whitney & Co.


$4 50


American Express Co.


7 34


Wilson C. Rich


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7 24


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Fiske & Co. .


$2 27


Robinson & Jones


2 31


E. P. Butler


13 17


Isaac Damon .


10 00


H. E. Carson .


5 60


Vose & Sons Piano Co.


3 50


C. L. Chase & Sons


18 00


W. F. Garfield


3 00


Peter Zimmerman


20 00


C. S. Williams


3 10


W. C. Neal


5 00


Quincy E. Brewster


19 88


Wright & Potter Printing Co.


1 50


J. H. Lee


4 00


S. C. Hutchinson


3 00


Nelson Matthews


3 50


Kenney Brothers & Wolkins.


3 00


C. H. Batchelder & Co.


4 27


John M. Curtin


3 00


Thomas J. Russell .


15 00


E. L. Lackey


2 00


Howe & Co.


25


$164 43


INCOME OF STATE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT.


Allyn & Bacon


$19 09


Alfred B. Underwood


5 00


Mabel C. Bragg


1 45


Wayland Water Board


24 00


Edward E. Babb & Co.


11 40


Fiske & Co.


60


Union Lumber Co. .


1 71


Natick Review Publishing Co.


5 00


Remington Typewriter Co.


50 75


Wood Piano Co.


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2 00


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Financial Statement.


J. H. Lee


$9 01


Cecil T. Bagnall


8 40


The Macey Co.


95


Kenney Brothers & Wolkins


75


J. Charles Vincent


10 00


E. F. Lawrence


1 50


S. C. Hutchinson


11 70


C. M. McKechnie & Co.


2 85


John F. Burke


79


Isaac Damon


10 00


Edward M. Bennett


10 00


Henry E. Carson


6 00


Library Bureau


4 00


Joseph E. De Witt


60


Milton Bradley Co


4 16


Oliver Ditson Co.


21 06


Silver Burdett & Co.


75 37


Walworth Manufacturing Co.


3 95


$302 09


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TABLE OF CONTENTS.


Report of School Committee


3


Report of Superintendent of Schools . 5


Report of the Principal of the High School .


15


Report of the Principal of the Cochituate Grammar School . 17


Report of Supervisor of Drawing


18


Report of Supervisor of Music


20


Report of Truant Officers .


21


School Calendar, 1907-8


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Statistics .


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Teachers .


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Attendance Statistice


28


Rank of School in Attendance


29


Roll of Honor


30


Rules and Regulations


35


Extracts from School Laws Attendance


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Financial Statement .


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OFFICIAL REPORTS


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Town Warrant.


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 23, 1908.


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WARRANT. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland in said County. Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Wayland qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet the voters of Precinct One at the Town Hall, the voters of Precinct Two at the Engine House on Monday, March 23, 1908, at 6 o'clock in the forenoon to give in their votes for


A Moderator for one year.


Three Selectmen for one year.


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A Town Clerk for one year.


A Town Treasurer for one year.


A Collector of Taxes for one year.


An Auditor for one year.


An Overseer of the Poor for three years.


A Treasurer of Library Funds for one year.


A School Committee for three years.


An Assessor for three years.


A Water Commissioner for three years.


Two Trustees of the Public Library for three years.


A Tree Warden for one year.


A Surveyor of Highways for one year.


A Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.


One member of the Board of Health for three years.


One Cemetery Commissioner for three years, and seven Con- stables for one year. Also to vote " Yes " or " No" on the ques- tion : Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?


The polls will be opened at 6.10 o'clock A. M., and may be closed at 2 P. M. unless otherwise ordered by the voters present.


You are also required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Wayland qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said town on Wednesday, March 25th, current, at 7.30 o'clock P. M., there and then to act on the following articles :


ARTICLE 1. To hear the report of the Town Officers, Agents and Committees and act thereon.


ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents and Committees.


ART. 3. To grant money for any and all necessary town purposes.


ART. 4. To authorize the Selectmen to consult counsel on all important town matters, and to employ counsel and defend any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against the town.


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ART. 5. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as pre- pared by the Selectmen for the ensuing year.


ART. 6. To appropriate the money received from dog licenses.


ART. 7. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow, during the municipal year beginning March 1st, 1908, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current ex- penses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor payable within one year from the date thereof, all debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.


ART. 8. To see if the town will accept the following bequest : - $100.00 from Miss Mary E. Reeves, received July 2d, 1907, do- nated to the Town of Wayland as a fund to be known as the Henry Reeves Fund, the income from which is to be used for the perpetual care of lots 147 and 148 in the North Cemetery, said lots being deeded to Henry Reeves.


ART. 9. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $500.00 to build a gravel sidewalk on the south side of West Plain Street in the village of Cochituate, or do or act.


ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Fire Engineers to use the old library room in the Town Hall as an engine house, for housing the new Combination Chemical and Ladder Truck, and for Fire Company meetings, make the neces- sary alterations, and change the driveway, or do or act.


ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to sell its interest in the real estate devised to it by the late Abbie M. Heard, and appoint an agent to execute a deed therefor.


ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to petition the Highway Commissioners for the purpose of construct- ing a section of the State Highway through Main Street, Wayland, leading from Cochituate to connect with highway at Natick.


And you are required to serve this warrant by posting a copy


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thereof attested by you at each of the Post Offices, at the Engine House, and at the Town House in said town, seven days at least before the time appointed for said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before Saturday, March 21.


Given under our hands this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.


ALFRED T. DEAN, ALBION F. PARMENTER, Selectmen of Wayland.


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Town Officers and Committees.


TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.


SELECTMEN


TEAM EXPIRES


ALFRED T. DEAN


1908


ALBION F. PARMENTER .


· 1908


VACANCY


MODERATOR


HENRY G. DUDLEY


1908


CLERK


DANIEL BRACKETT


1908


TREASURER


FRANK E. YEAGER


1908


COLLECTOR


HARRY E. RICH


1908


AUDITOR


FREDERICK H. FOWLER


1908


TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUNDS


FRANCIS SHAW


1908


OVERSEERS OF POOR


DAVID P. W. LOKER


1908


DANIEL W. RICKER .


1909


CHARLES A. BENSON


1910


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE


ISAAC DAMON . 1908


EDWARD M. BENNETT


1909


HARRY E. CARSON


1910


ASSESSORS


NATHANIEL R. GERALD


1908


ALFRED A. CARTER


1909


DANIEL BRACKETT .


1910


WATER COMMISSIONERS


HENRY G. DUDLEY 1908


BRYANT M. BAILEY


1909


CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS


1910


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


FRANCIS SHAW 1908


ALFRED W. CUTTING


1908


JOHN CONNELLY


1909


AMOS I. HADLEY


1909


ARTHUR G. BENNETT


1910


ALFRED A. CARTER


1910


TRUSTEES OF ALLEN FUND


ISAAC DAMON 1908


GEORGE B. HOWE ·


1908


JOHN CONNELLY


1908


TREE WARDEN


GEORGE W. FAIRBANK


1908


SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS


MICHAEL W. HYNES 1908


SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS


CHESTER B. WILLIAMS 1908


WALTER B. HENDERSON 1910


JOHN CONNELLY .


1909


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BOARD OF HEALTH


THOMAS BRYANT, V. S.


1909


WILLARD C. HUNTING .


1910


MARSHALL C. BALDWIN


1908


FENCE VIEWERS


SELECTMEN


FIELD DRIVERS


CONSTABLES


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK


WILLIAM S. LOVELL


1908


GEORGE B. HOWE


1908


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER


EVERETT W. SMALL


1908


EDWIN W. MARSTON


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CONSTABLES


HOWARD R. GEORGE


1908


MICHAEL W. HYNES


1908


ERNEST F. LAWRENCE


. 1908


JOHN E. LINNEHAN


1908


MELVILLE A. LOKER


1908


JOHN H. MALONEY


. 1908


FRANK X. QUINN


. 1908


MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE


DANIEL W. RICKER


CYRUS A. ROAK


ERVIN W. SCHLEICHER


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


WALLACE S. DRAPER


1908


RANDALL W. PORTER


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ANDREW S. MORSE .


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COMMITTEE FOR SCHOOL HOUSE - COCHITUATE


CHARLES W. DEAN WALTER B. HENDERSON SCHOOL BOARD


(Appointed by Selectmen) REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


EZRA G. LEMAY


1910


BENJAMIN W. DAMON


1908


FRANK HAYNES


1909


DANIEL BRACKETT . ·


1908


ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


EDWIN W. MARSTON


WILLIAM S. LOVELL


GEORGE SUMPTER, JR.


FRANK J. BIGWOOD


FINANCE COMMITTEE


PAUL T. DRAPER


CHARLES F. WHITTIER


CHARLES W. DEAN


LORENZO K. LOVELL


FRANK S. JONES


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


THOMAS BRYANT, V. S.


PUBLIC WEIGHERS


JAMES H. LEE EDWARD F. LEE FRED C. BEANE


WEIGHER OF COAL


DOLOR CORMIER


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Report of Selectmen.


REPORT OF SELECTMEN.


WAYLAND, February 29, 1908.


We have made the following appointments according to law :


ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. Edwin W. Marston, Frank J. Bigwood, George Sumpter, Jr., William S. Lovell.


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS. Thomas Bryant.


REGISTRAR OF VOTERS. Ezra Lemay, three years.


AUCTIONEERS. George E. Sherman, Jacob Reeves.


PUBLIC WEIGHERS. Fred C. Beane, H. O. Pratt, Edward F. Lee, James H. Lee.


COAL WEIGHER. Dolor Cormier.


JANITOR OF TOWN HALL. John E. Linnehan.


BURIAL AGENT FOR INDIGENT SOLDIERS. Damon L. Veasey. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Daniel Brackett.


SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS. E. F. Lawrence, J. E. Linnehan, M. W. Hynes, A. B. Neal, Ralph Neal, Robert Lamont, W. S. Lovell, George Felch, M. A. Loker, Nelson Belmore, Jr.


ELECTION OFFICERS. PRECINCT 1. Warden, J. I. Bryden ; Clerk, William Stearns; Inspectors, C. H. Richardson, H. C. Haynes, William H. Campbell, William Sanderson. PRECINCT 2. Warden, H. G. Dudley ; Clerk, C. E. Coakley ; Inspectors, Felix Noel, George S. Scott, A. B. Neal, Hugh McPartlin.


In accordance with a vote of the Town, additional electric lights have been installed as follows : On the Island Road, Wayland, five lights. On Main Street, Wayland, one light beyond present line. On Concord Road, Wayland, five lights. On German Hill Street, one light. On Damon Street, one light. On West Plain Street, Cochituate Village, eight lights.




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